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- 1 2 3 Irish Independent, "Left hospital to compere re-opening show", 30 October 1965
- 1 2 3 The Irish Times, "Death of actor and musician Chris Curran", 20 August 1996
- ↑ The Irish Times, "Chris Curran as Peer Gynt: Tyrone Guthrie producing", 11 December 1954
- ↑ Sunday Independent, "Chris Curran", 1 September 1996